Megan is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Megan
No. of characters: 5
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Megan

How popular is Megan?

Megan is common in United States.

Megan is ranked 87726 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Megans plummeted by 10.41293 per cent to 499 since 2000 and slipped by 5694 spots and ranked at 43285. The last name was found in around 2 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 88.78 90.13
Hispanic or Latino 5.61 3.23
Megan is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Benin which signifies that it is originated from Benin. Around 4913 people have been found who wears Megan as their family name. Megan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
25,156 Azerbaijan5
114,007 Czech Republic4
75,381 Kyrgyzstan4
16,136 Kenya3
90,215 Germany3
9,097 Wales3
108,034 Italy3
5,909 Bangladesh3
14,521 Portugal2
23,858 Iran2
1,389 Barbados2
24,766 Scotland2
9,185 Hong Kong2
5,859 Mauritius2
54,135 Philippines2
144,523 Kazakhstan2
8,995 Uganda2
53,033 Nigeria1
16,073 Latvia1
15,705 Cameroon1
26,040 Trinidad and Tobago1
2,211 Brunei1
799 British Virgin Islands1
8,181 Botswana1
30,360 Thailand1
2,374 Bermuda1
37,493 Austria1
2,505 Congo1
42,479 Greece1
17,768 Pakistan1
24,176 Qatar1
8,859 Iraq1
700 Somalia1
81,201 Switzerland1
53,505 Turkey1
1,176 Antigua and Barbuda1
28,746 Algeria1
1,879 Belize1
7,292 Vietnam1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
155,398 France49
21,901 Chile27
52,530 Belgium22
49,545 Belarus20
15,050 Singapore18
2,705 China16
86,938 Spain14
78,557 Netherlands13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
83,365 Brazil95
53,869 Ukraine91
5,083 Ireland66
124,195 Indonesia61
Countries with hundreds of Megan:
21,535 South Africa274
10,851 Australia256
3,393 New Zealand225
23,245 England215
12,156 Romania167
78,100 Russia162
131,555 India140
23,602 Mexico131
13,194 Malaysia126
32,272 Canada103
Countries with thousands of Megan:
1,296 Benin1,406
26,601 United States1,148
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

During the great famine, 30 years old workwoman Anne Megan who was residing in Ireland migrated to USA on November 13, 1848 by Columbia put out from Liverpool. 28 years old Margret Megan, Widow Cicely Megan, Workman Peter Megan, 30 years old Joseph Megan, Jas. Megan (32) Workman, Cathe. Megan, aged 20, 23 years old Peter Megan, Workman Owen Megan, and 14 other Megan around 61.54% of whom were workman while others worked as servant and spinster migrated to US from Limerick, Belfast and Liverpool.

Megan Namesakes

  • Adele Megann, Writer
  • Adele Megann, Writer
  • Heykel Megannem, Handball Player
  • Briella Megan Blevins, Emily Jeannette Longoria's daughter
  • Adele Megann, Writer
  • Stu Megan, Software engineer
  • Heykel Megannem, Handball Player
  • Marie-Josée Megank, Actress
  • Marie-Josée Megank, Actress
  • Leila Megane, Soprano

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